In need of a little holiday spirit? In this classic review, author Brian Sieck spends Chrtistmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan. See if this first-time viewing puts the 1945 Yuletide favorite on Brian’s nice or naughty list.
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We’re helping turn November into “Noirvember” with this classic post, as writer Brian Sieck offers his thoughts after seeing Billy Wilder’s 1944 suspense gem Double Indemnity, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, for the first time.
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It’s a term no self-respecting man wants to hear, but why do the words “chick flicks” strike more fear in the hearts of guys preparing for date night than any horror film? In this classic post, author Brian Sieck offers a few answers and some viewing options.
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Killer worms, haunted nunneries, and the vampire next door: these are the elements in three of the nine sometimes overlooked scream gems in Brian Sieck’s classic article. Check out Night of the Demons, Ginger Snaps, Feast and more fright faves inside.
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Struggling writer Ray Milland is forced to confront his alcoholism after undergoing the ordeals of The Lost Weekend. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck offers his first-time impressions of director Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning 1944 drama.
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Yes, we know today is 4/20. But amid all the joking, it’s also a good day to examine some sobering cinematic depictions of drug use. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck looks at The Panic in Needle Park, Requiem for a Dream and other films.
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This week’s airing of HBO’s Frank Sinatra: All or Nothing at All makes it a good time to check out one of Frank’s most powerful screen performances. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck reviews Sinatra’s 1955 drama The Man with the Golden Arm..
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The annual furor over the Academy Award nominations (this year’s omission of Selma’s David Oyelowo, for one) is a tradition as old as the Oscars themselves. In this classic article, writer Brian Sieck offers alternate picks for five of the Academy’s winners.
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The 1980s gave us MTV, New Coke, and the heyday of the “splatter film.” In this classic MovieFanFare post, we go back to the Reagan Era for a blood-soaked salute to Prom Night, The Burning, Phenomena and other grisly goodies.
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I’ve always been a believer in separating life from art, and naturally, from film in particular. The movies of Leni Riefenstahl should be preserved, no one should be made to feel guilty about seeing a film from Victor Salva or…
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